Racism Quotes

• I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.

  

  Mike Vallely Black Flag
  • People
  • Trying
  • Individual

• I believe that also it should be stressed and made clear that our antagonistic position is not to say "I don't like whites" for the simple fact of not liking white people. It's like, our fight is not against the white person per se, but against the exercises of white supremacy and the form in which whiteness and the politics of whiteness operates.

  

  Bocafloja
  • Like
  • Position
  • Whites

• People can tell if you don't like 'em. African Americans can tell we're not welcome in the Republican Party no matter how many times they say we are. All the signals that it's a party that tolerates anti-black racism is very clear.

  

  Van Jones
  • People
  • Black
  • Party

• Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.

  

  John Prendergast
  • Slavery
  • Racism
  • Abuse

• Civil rights in this country is unfinished business, and racism is alive and well.

  

  Marcia Fudge
  • Country
  • Business
  • Racism

• It was just a wonderful experience, one for the memory book for sure. The sad thing about it was that the picture came under this absurd cloud of controversy. Here was a movie based on the central theme that racism is something that is taught, and it's illustrated by this story of a dog and the efforts of humans to re-train it after it had been trained to go after black people. And it created this ridiculous controversy and wound up being the last Hollywood movie that Sam [Fuller] made.

  

  Curtis Hanson
  • People
  • Up
  • Experience

• There is, of course, no larger mass hysteria in American history than the epidemic of racism.

  

  Kevin Young
  • American
  • History
  • Racism

• The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Capitalism
  • Evils
  • Militarism

• There is no easy way to create a world where men and women can live together... But if such a world is created in our lifetime, it will be done by rejecting the racism, materialism, and violence that has characterized Western civilization and especially by working toward a world of brotherhood, cooperation, and peace.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Create
  • Lifetime
  • Western Civilization

• The new racism: Racism without 'racists.' Today, racial segregation and division often result from habits, policies, and institutions that are not explicitly designed to discriminate. Contrary to popular belief, discrimination or segregation do not require animus. They thrive even in the absence of prejudice or ill will. It's common to have racism without racists.

  

  Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
  • Today
  • Belief
  • Common

• I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.

  

  Joe R. Lansdale
  • People
  • Hate
  • Racism

• Misogyny - and racism - are 'hidden in plain sight,' and the burden of eliminating them should fall on the institutions, not the victims.

  

  Nell Scovell
  • Fall
  • Racism

• We've been conditioned to be incredibly avoidant. 'I'm afraid I'll be called a racist if I say something wrong,' is the familiar retort. Well, okay, that's scary and difficult, but staying silent, avoiding the issue, doesn't mean that racism goes away.

  

  Marjorie Liu
  • Scary
  • Racism

• At times we feel wounded, hurt, disappointed, disgusted, resentful, sick of it all. At other times we feel skeptical, outraged, robbed, beaten. We chafe, hate, overlook. Then again we feel like ignoring, defying and fighting for every right that belongs to us as human beings.

  

  Nannie Helen Burroughs
  • Disappointed
  • Skeptical
  • Resentful

• The fantastic thing about 'Jasper Jones' is that although it's set in 1969, the themes are still so topical. We're still struggling with racism and sexism and domestic violence and abuse.

  

  Angourie Rice
  • Violence
  • Racism
  • Abuse

• I think that the agriculture system in general is rooted in racism - consider that historically black labor on plantations was the backbone of the economy. These workers didn't reap the benefit of that system.

  

  Bryant Terry
  • Economy
  • Backbone
  • Agriculture system

• The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don't exist.

  

  Lil Rel Howery
  • Stop
  • Racism

• It's impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism. You can't have capitalism without racism.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Believe
  • Racism

• Whether it is tribalism, racism, xenophobia, or anti-Muslim backlash we're talking about, we spend so much time and energy fighting ways to divide ourselves from others.

  

  Loretta Lynch
  • Time
  • Energy
  • Fighting

• There's sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk's burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism.

  

  Benjamin Todd Jealous
  • People
  • Men
  • Black

• If I were a supervillain, I would end capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... but I guess that's a little too obvious and not villain-y enough. Because that's actually being a superhero. I would break down poverty with my machete; I would end world hunger.

  

  Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill
  • World
  • Poverty
  • Superhero

• The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to collude, to not notice racism, can be quite powerful.

  

  Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • Friend
  • Racism
  • Social Pressure

• Racism in America is real.

  

  Darryl Glenn
  • Real
  • America
  • Racism

• Most of the White people I talk to either have not thought about their race and so don't feel anything, or have thought about it and felt guilt and shame. These feelings of guilty and shame are part of the hidden costs of racism.

  

  Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • Shame
  • Guilt
  • White People

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